-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Veteran striker Miroslav Klose equaled the World Cup scoring record of Brazilian great Ronaldo to rescue a point for Germany in a pulsating 2-2 draw with Ghana in Fortaleza Saturday .

The 36-year-old had only just come off the bench when he reacted quickly to a flicked header by Benedikt Howedes from a Toni Kroos corner to grab the equalizer in the Group G game .

It was his 15th goal in the world 's biggest sporting event , breaking the German record he had held with Gerd Muller .

Klose also became only the third man to score in four World Cup finals tournaments , along with Pele and fellow German Uwe Seeler .

He screwed a late chance wide , but a win for the Group G leaders would have been harsh on Ghana , who gave them an almighty scare .

The Black Stars had the better of the first half and only two fine saves by Manuel Neuer denied Sulley Muntari and Christian Atsu .

Germany started the second half brighter and Mario Gotze headed the opening goal -- which deflected in off his own knee -- in the 51st minute after a pin point cross from Thomas Muller .

Ghana , so disappointing in its opening defeat to the USA , equalized almost immediately as Andre Ayew jumped to head home his second goal of the tournament .

Just after the hour mark , Muntari picked out Asamoah Gyan , who raced through to beat Neuer with a fine finish .

It was his fifth goal in World Cup finals , equaling the African record held by the great Roger Milla of Cameroon .

Ghana substitute Jordan Ayew might have put the game beyond Germany 's reach but he opted for goal rather than passing to the unmarked Gyan .

It proved a vital moment and almost inevitably Germany drew level with Klose 's close-range strike in the 70th minute to leave Joachim Low 's team with four points after two games and set for qualification to the last 16 .

`` It does n't matter whether I play from the start or come off the bench : all games are important and 15 goals in 20 World Cup games is n't bad , '' said Klose , who plays for Italian club Lazio .

He took another of Muller 's records for Germany 's all-time leading scorer when he grabbed his 69th goal in a 6-1 thrashing of Armenia in a World Cup warmup game earlier this month .

Muller scored 68 in just 62 games , his final goal for his country being the winner in the 1974 World Cup final against the Netherlands .

Ghana , quarterfinalist in 2010 , will go into its final group match knowing victory against Portugal will be needed to have a chance of progressing further .

But midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng said it had been the right result after one of the best matches of a tournament full of incident-packed games .

`` It went backwards and forwards , Germany could have won it , we could have won it -- the point was fair , '' said Boateng , who plays for German club Schalke and represented the country 's under-21 team before choosing the nation of his father .

Boateng 's half-brother Jerome was in the Germany side , only the second time in World Cup history this has occurred .

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Germany held 2-2 by Ghana in Group G

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Miroslav Klose scores late equalizer for Germany

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Klose equals World Cup scoring record of 15

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Asamoah Gyan had put Ghana 2-1 ahead